I'm not sad at all about turning 40.

When you have short hair, there's just a feeling of here I am. What you see is what you get. And there's a confidence that comes with wearing short hair and I like the way that makes me feel.

We've become obsessed with beauty and the fountain of youth and, frankly, I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.

I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and straight hair. Then we moved to an all-white neighborhood and that was a culture shock ... I'd been used to being around all black kids.